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From: "Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>
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Subject: Re: Implementing C/C++ style #include...
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I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. I won't say that preprocessors
are the worst form of evil imaginable and I won't say that it is impossible
to write solid, reliable, comprehensible code with a preprocessor. Used
judiciously, I think you can produce good code. I just remain unconvinced
that there is anything someone can do with a preprocessor (with respect to
configuration issues) that can't be done with some other technique that is
less likely to be abused or fraught with peril.

MDC

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"Mark Lundquist" <mark@rational.com> wrote in message
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> I'd disgree that there aren't instances where a preprocessor is the best
> solution available.
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> Not my ideal solution, but my ideal doesn't exist today :-)
> -- mark
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